Canal project could boost trade from Pittsburgh to Portsmouth
A report urges a Pennsylvania Ohio Canal route via Mahoney ridge as the only feasible, affordable option to link Pittsburgh and Portsmouth. It argues year round water supply and reduced losses on goods traveling the Ohio River and notes expected toll revenue to offset costs.
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New York Canal
Lake Erie
Lake Country
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Philadelphia
Baltimere
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Ohio Canal
Pittshburyl
Ohio
Bank and postal theft report and mining notes
Banking firms listed with branch names share news of a mail theft at a Boston post office branch. A boy from the Courier family was implicated after money recovered, with remaining cash traced to a branch bank. Separate items report iron foundry experiments in Syracuse and a Virginia gold mine promising large ore yields in Buckingham.
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Bernard Hooxer
Buckingham Court House
Willis Mountains
Bernard Booker
Booker
Steamboat Napoleos Lost After Snag Collision
The Napoleos, as reported in St Louis Republican, was wrecked on a Mississippi snag about twelve miles above the mouth of the Ohio while inbound from Pittsburgh. The vessel struck the snag, the bow was pierced but the keel boat in tow helped. about twenty tons of freight were saved and the rest likely lost with the ship.
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Fragmentary maritime loss and local election notes
The article notes a partial loss with insured goods and a Mastura office in a fire or incident. It then reports the town’s annual election results with names for township officials including Township Clerk Lane Preston, Trustees Tyrovorn Basen Miss Cann XL Jourres, and other local posts.
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